Knitted fabric



Poteri-ted July 8 1924.

UNITED; sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD c. Taoism., or Nomnsrown, PENNSYLVANIA.

KNITTED FABRIC.

appueationme Angustias, 192'2, serial ne. 584,822. aenewea may 19, 1924.

To all whom 'it may conceive."

. Be it known that L'EmvAnn C. TAUBEL,

a citizen of vthe United States, .residing at' Norristown, in the county of Montgomery and 'State of Pennsylvania, have invented.

certain new and useful Improvements in Knitted Fabrics, of whichthe following l isV a full,clear and exact specicationi This invention -relates to knitted fabrics` and especially to those from which seamless hosiery or stockings are made.-

' When such hosiery are made on the ordinary circular knitting .machines .nol lilies or demarcations appear down the backs of the stockings, and the seamless hosiery may be easily distinguished from the full-fashioned hosiery in that 'way. the' lfull-fashioned hosier having seams down th backwhere 'the e ges'of the fabric, which 'isfknitted f on a fiat machine, are 'sewed together. The

trade has `come to ,demand some kind of seam or mock-seam4 on seamless hosiery to simulate full-fashioned hosiery, and some manufacturers have resorted to the pedient of running a line of-stitchcs down the back of each seamless stockingiafter it 4. comesfrom the knitting machine.

It is the object of the` presentinvention to provide 'a fabric having a line or demarcntionformed therein during 'the knitting' tl 1ereof on a circular machine, said line or demarcation being located down the back ofthe stocking or at any. other desired point. `By incorporating said line or demarcation in the -fabric during the knitting thereof, the time and expense of forming a mock seam in each stocking as a separate operation "is saved, and at'the same time the stocking is made thicker and more durable down the back, as' well :is-attractive to the eye and distinctive in appearance.

Another feature of fullffashioned hosiery which distinguishes it from seamless hosiery is the line of dots or points which appear along either side of theseam where' the stitches are dropped on the flat knitting machines in fashionlng the fabric to conformto the curve o f the leg above the ankle, and it is a fu'rther object of the present invention to vprovide a seamless fabric for stockings having a similiar line of dots or points at either side of the line of demarcationdown the back of the stocking, said line of dots or points being also formed during :lleian knitting of the fabric on a circular' ma.

The invention will be first hereinafter.-

described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this sp.eciiication,and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying dra\vings,whercin .similiar reference characters are used to Figure 2 is an 'enlarged outside viewof a Yportion of the fabric across the back line or stripe thereof.

Figure 3 is anv inside view of asimiliar portion of the fabric drawn to the same scale as Figure 2.'with the long strands of'the extra threads broken away in the upper portion but shown in place in the lower portion thereof in order toshow the .courses of said extra threadsmore clearly..

Figure 4.- is a section on the line'lV-IV of Figure 3, showingr the full courses of the extra threads..and also the crimps or raised' areas formed at. intervals lin the stripe` b v drawing three adjacent threads' together and increasing. the tension on the intermediate thread of the group, and

vFigure 5 is a view, similiar to Figure :2, showing a port-ion of the fabric at one side of the stripe where one of the dots or points isRTrnwd. l.

`hc stocking fabric is knit on a circular nmchiuc, and `during the knitting process the stripe 2 and the lincs of dots or points 3 at-either side of said stripe are formed in' -saidfabric'so that fthe finished stocking will have the appearance shown at 1 in Figure l. Said dots or points 3' are formed in the main v'fabric 4 by drawing together three of the threads. at 5, Figure 5, at desired vintervals parallel to vthe stripe 2.

Said stripe 2 is formed by introducing an' extra series of threads 6, see Tignres 2, 3 and Ll, into the fabric over so much of the arca thereof as it is desired that'said stripe should extend. As shown in vthc drawings.I the main stripe consists of four similiar' sub sidiary stripes 7 arranged side by side and of the same width, but it will be understood that the' number of said subsidiary stripes may be varied and the width of the same also changed as may be desired without departing from the present invention The threads 8 of theiinain fabric 4 are each formed into a x ow o f upwardly extending loops 9 intei'engaging with the next thread above, and a row of downwardly extending loops-10 interengaging with the next thread below, the upwardly extending loops- 9 of all thctlireads being vertically alined with each other' 'in'thev-i'i'iain' fabric, and the downwardly extending loopsql() ofA all ,the threads being also arranged in-"verticalI alinement with each otheizf' The extra threads 6 sare introduced' intothe fabric along with the threads 8 of the niainlfabric-l throughout thel extent ofv the stripe 2, but

said'extra threads' have fewer loops 'than the-'inain fabric threads. The upwardly extending loops 11 of the extra threads 6- span a plurality ofthe upwardly extending loops-'dof 'the' main fabric threads, 'while the downwardly extending loops 12 of saidv extra threads follow the downwardly'extending'loops 10of the main fabric at s aced l. intervals, said downwardly*extending,' oops llapp'earing on the outside of the fabric in yvertical rows indicated by the parallel lines "13 in Figure 1, while the upwardly'extend- I ling loops-11' of "greater lateral extent lie on "the,insideof'the'fabricl 'The extra threads also" have; long strands v14e 'extending across theffull width of thestripe 2 on the inner'- facoof the fabric, as best shown v in Figure 4, said long strands ,14 l connecting the'. last ofthe downwardly extendingdoops' 12 on intervals in the subsidiary stripes 7 by' drawoppositeinarginsof the st ripe; Criinps or raise' areas laure formed at ino* together three adjacentthreads (i and 8 1 irA line with the downwardly extending loops of the extra threads 8, after the same irianiier as the dots or' points 43 .,are formed' inthe inain fabricgrand by increasing the tension onthe intermediate thread of each y siich group of three, so as to 'causo vthe taut by the increased tension thereon, so.

puckering" of the fabric on the outside as shown in Figure 4. AlThe upwardly extending,loops'1l of the extra threads of the groups of three are arranged sul'istantially as indicated in Figure 3, the top and bottoin ones in each group being arched upward as at 16 under the raised areas 15, while the intermediate one of each group is drawn asA to bind said arched port ions 1U of the other lonjps yll in puckeredor raisedfj reas 15. lt will be understoodthat the'.w ).icing betweenvv the said raised A`'feas or er' tips 15 in the subsidiary stripes' 7 may be varied as may be desired.

The lengths of4 the llines .of dots or points v3 .may also be varied witli. .respect to the stripe 2, andotherehanges ,in details niay be made l.without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the' advantages o'f this invention. I, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes in the invention herein i1luslace and support the trated and described as fairly fall within the scopejofthe appended claims.

'I claiin:-"'- y A knitted fabric of the character described having a stripe formed in the knitting from additional threads, and a series of raised areas spaced apart at intervals longitudinally of said stripe and formed by drawing togetherY groups of said" additional" threadsavith corresponding threads of the inainy fabric, certain. of .the additional' threads of-said .groups having greatertension than the others, while the additional stripe-'fbrming threads in the Spaces between said raised areas -follow the. saineO courses 'and have, thesame tension'as vthe correspondying threads of the main fabric.- .ff-2.- i

A kniaedfabric of 'are character' de?. sgribed'having a stripeformed in the knitlting from additional threads, 'and `raised Y areas on said stripe formed by drawingtogether gro'u'ps of said additional' threads' i 'with corresponding threads vof the 'main fabric, certainvof the. additional vthreads of said groups having greater tension thanthe others, and said otherzadditional.threads in said groupsbeing arehedf betweensaid more greatly t'ensio'ned additional threads and the ,threads of the inain fabric. y

4. .A knitted fabric of the character described having a stripe formed in the knitting from additional threads, and raised `areas' on said stripe foi-ined by drawing together groups of three of said additional threads with corresponding threads ofthe main fabj-.. ric, the upper and lowerthreads Vof each` group being drawn intovlinefwith the interL mediate threads thereof, the intermediate gdditional thread o f each grouphaving greater' tension than the other threads, and thel other "Y addtional threads of each group being arched between said more greatly tensioned-ad ditional thread and the threads of thernaiii' fabric. l

5. A knitted fabric of the character -described having a stripe formed inthe--lrnitting from additional threads run in vwith the threads of the main fabric, said additional Vthreads having short loops coinciding with certain loops of the threads of the main fabric, while other loops of said additional threads are long` enough to span a plurality of the lops of the threads of the i.. 36 archedbetween said moregreatly tensioned face of .the-fabric, and'ea l f f additional threadsand the raised areas o f abricy certain of the long loops saidl of lthe' threadsl of the main \fabric, and eer- 'f addlt o'nal threads havingv greater -tensolffliainof saidlong loops of the .additional ythan thetoth'er long. l'oops-v thereof, whereby .threads haying greater tension than the other raisedareas of the main abric'are formedl-l .lon-g.;.1oops thereof, whereby raised; areas of A l 'sknitted; fabric 'of 'the character'ideffi.. 9L 'Alrnitted fabric of the character de l ,inthe stripe -them'ain fabric are formed in the stripe.

of'themain fabric,` said additional threadsof the I nain fabric, 'grita ..10 thle'adsrha'ving -Iong .loops spanning a,pl u` additional threads and correspn'kpx A i 1g :1.1- rality ofthe.loops of the threads of the fabrlefthreads being. drawnff-togther. 1in vmain-fabric,and1certaingfofi.said` long, loops '.groups, said additional threads Vhititx'n'gf loriA vof the .additional .threadsfhaving"greater loops spannin -a plurality of thgfloopsfe -I 'tension thantheother'long loops thereof; the threads` o the main -fabric,'and certain fahriehre. of said long loops of the additional threads" whereby raisedzareas tithe gnam formedin-gthe-stripe.; L 'l l l 7. .A' knittedfabric. ofthe charac et de#v threads,l wher scribed haying a stripe formed in the knit fabric are for v ting from additional threads rn in with the long loops offV having g'reatexfif; tension-Y;V thaii' the other .i aised. areas'ofthev main additinaljthreads at .said

threads .of the main fabricfisaidadditional raised arcasbeink'arched between said more d" additional threadsandthe l y threads having lon loops's'pannino' a 'plugreatly tensione v 4`rality. of theloopso 'the threadsof the main Vraisedareas of the main fabric.

-v fabricg'certain of said'long loops of the adfl 10. A knitted fabric of the character, de-

i ditional threads'hayig greatertension than scribed having a stripe formed in the knit- 25 v.the other long loop's' .-thereofl and'then the ting from additional threads lrun in with whereby raised the threads ofthe main fabrie,said addiare'as of the-main fabric are stripe, andthe other ditionalithreads at .said raised-areas beig., f 'the main fabric vand appearing on the outer ch .of said addi- F8. knitted fabric of the eharaoterdeloops of the threads of the main fabric on .scribed having a stripe formed in the knitthe inner face ofthe fabric, one of said long .tingxfrorn-- additional threads 'ru'n .inwith loops of each additional thread being longer "51 fthef'lthr. adsfof thernain fabric, groups'. ofA than the other lon loops thereof and=span said additional threads and corresponding nigiav plurality o the latter. n

mainfabric threads 'being drawn togetherv in groups,V saidadditional threadshaving name to this specification.

4Q .long loops spanning a plurality ofthe loopsl EDWARD C.

' a fstripeformed in the 1mitfjf`scribcdhaying a stripe yformed. in the knit-g5 ting fr om' ad tional threads run in' withthe" ting from-.additionalthreads nur iilwith the ofs'aid f.;

fin the stripe,the other formed in 'the l'tional threads each having short loops ooinv long' loops off the ad4 ciding with certain loops of the threads of f tional threads also having a plurality of long loops each spanning a luralty of thev In testimony whereof I have signed iny y 

